Case Studies

In June 1999, following the tragedy at Columbine High School, the United States Secret Service and the United States Department of Education initiated a collaborative effort known as the Safe School Initiative that resulted in an extensive examination of 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school attacks that occurred in the United States beginning with the earliest identified incident in 1974 through June 2000.

In September of 2014, the FBI released a case study of 160 active shooter incidents that occurred between 2000 and 2013 throughout the United States. The purpose of the case study titled: A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013, is to provide law enforcement with data that will help them to better prepare for and respond to these incidents, saving more lives and keeping themselves safer in the process.

The Maryland Center for School Safety was established as an independent unit of State government in July 2013.